Sisters, who is measuring your success? Many times, we are so focused on achievement and our perceived status that we lose sight of the real prize: Jesus Christ and His limitless grace, mercy, and favor! Our focus should be on living a life that is pleasing to God, not on how many material things we can acquire so we can appear successful to other people.
And let me clear here, I certainly am not saying that you should not live well; I want you to live full: full from the life that God promised you as you do what He put you here to do. Jesus promised to give us life and life more abundantly. We just need to focus on abundance in the Spirit, and He will do the rest. Remember Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) reminds us to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
I recently spoke to someone who shared that she was disappointed because she wasn’t where she “was supposed to be at this point in her life.” How many of you have ever felt like that? I wondered, “Who’s measurement was she trying to live up to?” She was looking at where her friends were in their lives and referring to a list that she made when she was younger.
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